Amur Khabarovsk was founded in 1966 as SKA Khabarovsk; it only adopted its current name in 1996, a name that comes from the nearby river Amur. By its location in the Russian Far East, the team is pretty isolated from every other team in the KHL, making rivalries difficult; the nearest KHL team, Metallurg Magnitogorsk, is located some 3,000 km away. Still, the team is very popular among Khabarovsk citizens, and despite its usual poor results, the team keeps being highly successful at the gates.

For a long time a lower division dweller, Khabarovsk won the championship of the Soviet League Division 3 in 1989, earning promotion to the upper level. In 1996, Khabarovsk promoted to the Russian Superleague. A relegation to the Vysshaya Liga occurred in 2004 when the mining company that funds the club had financial difficulties. The Tigers could promote back to the top level in 2006. That same financial crisis forced the team's reserve squad, the Golden Amur Khabarovsk, to withdraw from the Asia League where it played for the 2004-05 season. The team could finish the season and take part in the playoffs, however; they finished third in regular season standings and failed to reach the playoffs finals.

In 2008, Khabarovsk was one of the 24 founding members of the Kontinental Hockey League. The team played the league's inaugural game on September 2 against Dinamo Riga at home in front of a sell-out crowd of 7,100 people.

The Nadezhda Cup finals will see a fourth and last game after Amur Khabarovsk beat Dinamo Riga 2-1 (1-1, 0-0, 1-0) today and avoided a sweep for the Latvian guests. The final match is going to be played tomorrow in Khabarovsk and to win the Cup the hosts need to tie the series first before a shootout could give them the title afterwards.

Vyacheslav Fetisov assured that in the near future in Vladivostok will be the team of the Kontinental Hockey League."The decision to create a KHL team in Vladivostok was already taken, I hope it will be announced officially. I would set up a Far Eastern Division League, which would include teams from Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, as well as Japan, China and Korea.

(22 Feb 2013)

Amur has a new coach

Evgeny Popikhin is the new head coach of Amur Khabarovsk. He signed a contract until the end of the season with the possibility of extension. Popikhin recently worked as assiastant coach at Dinamo Minsk.

(10 Jan 2013)

Novokuznetsk wins against Amur

In Thursday's only KHL game home side Metallurg Novokuznetsk beat Amur Khabarovsk with the score of 4-2. All goals happend in the last period. Metallurg was already away with a 3-0 lead but had to wait for an empty netter to secure the win.

(15 Nov 2012)

Amur Khabarovsk has a new Sport Manager

Yuri Kuznetsov is the new Amur Khabarovsk's Sport Manager. He also will continue to work as assistant coach

(27 Oct 2012)

Amur Khabarovsk wins twice against Japan

KHL Amur Khabarovsk win today 3:1 (1:1, 1:0, 1:0) Japan National Team in the second friendly match between teams. Dmitri Shitkov scored 2 goals and Igor Ozhiganov completed the score. In the first match, Amur won 4-0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0)

"I really wanted to stay in the Amur - said Jortikka - I like the city, the people, the staff of the club. I am absolutely happy with everything. Therefore, I gladly accepted the offer of the club to extend the contract."

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